pillowy
English
Etymology
From pillow + -y.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɪ.ləʊ.(w)i/
- Rhymes: -ɪləʊ(w)i
Adjective
pillowy (comparative more pillowy, superlative most pillowy)
- Resembling a pillow: soft and fluffy
- 2009 February 11, Josh Rubin, “Pour your Valentine a special cold one”, in Toronto Star:
- The garnet-coloured brew has a pillowy, pink-tinged head, and a beautiful raspberry aroma, which also comes through in the flavour.
- 2012, Si King, Dave Myers, The Hairy Bikers' Big Book of Baking
- Delectable soft, pillowy rolls, filled with a sweet nutty mixture or fruit, these are like tea cakes and are great for breakfast or tea.
- 2017, David Friend, The Naughty Nineties:
- Anna Nicole Smith, the pillowy Playboy and Guess jeans model, marries eighty-nine-year-old J. Howard Marshall II, an oil baron six decades her senior, who is worth half a billion dollars.
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